Legal Opinion
Blalock v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 16, 2023No. S23A0259PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
316 Ga. 330
FINAL COPY S23A0259. BLALOCK v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Appellant Dwight Blalock, Jr., was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Carlos Wright and the aggravated assault of Bryan Morrow on November 13, 2014.1 On appeal, Blalock contends that (1) the trial court abused its discretion and denied Blalock due process by refusing to 1 On March 3, 2017, Blalock was indicted by a Cobb County grand jury on charges of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Whitaker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
- Esprit v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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3Cited by4 opinions
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